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Breaking down 5-step voting protocol for selection committee members of College Football Playoff

College Football Executive Director Bill Hancock (left) and Jeff Long, Chairman of College Football Playoff Selection Committee answer questions from the media after announcing the names of the College Football Playoff selection committee during a press conference in Irving on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)

Breaking down the voting protocol for the 13 selection committee members of the College Football Playoff, announced Wednesday. The first poll will be released Oct. 28:

1. Each committee member will create a list of the 25 teams he or she believes to be the best in the country, in no particular order. Teams listed by more than three members will remain under consideration.

2. Each member will list the best six teams, in no particular order. The six teams receiving the most votes will comprise the pool for the first seeding ballot.

3. In the first seeding ballot, each member will rank those six teams, one through six, with one being the best. The three teams receiving the fewest points will become the top three seeds. The three teams that were not seeded will be held over for the next seeding ballot.

4. Each member will list the six best remaining teams, in no particular order. The three teams receiving the most votes will be added to the three teams held over to comprise the next seeding ballot.

5. Steps No. 3 and 4 will be repeated until 25 teams have been seeded.

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